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offering

offering

169 3.9
Something presented for sale, like a product or service
  • noun
  • /ˈɔfərɪŋ/
translation icon : oferta
  • - It's going to be a very popular offering.
  • product offerings
  • course offerings
  • expand offerings

Leave that job, pursue that offering, put the thing out.

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Examples

  • So what are the offerings at Stanford?

  • The restaurant's new menu features an enticing offering of seasonal dishes.

  • This shall be our first duty, our first offering to his lord and master.

  • And now, we'll have a special musical offering.

  • Their universities must reform their academic offerings and invest in science and technology.

    Academic text (2011)
  • They're doing new things, new offerings added to their lineup.

  • Participants were enrolled in the current semester's offerings of music education courses.

    Academic text (2013)
  • It's a historic offering.

  • Survey respondents want to see more e-book offerings and better tools or devices to best emulate print reading.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Experimenting with new approaches for expanding curricular offerings for secondary students is an essential element of this goal.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

offer
vsoffering
1.0

A suggestion to buy something or to give someone a job

is broader, covering products, services, or proposals provided for sale or consideration
proposal
vsoffering
817 2.9

A plan or suggestion put forward for others to consider

is wider, also covering tangible products and services presented for sale
proposition
vsoffering
266 4.6

A suggestion or offer that people can accept

is focused on things presented for sale, service, or formal acceptance

Antonyms

180 3.0

Not being accepted by people or a group

Compounds

A gift or action that ends an argument and brings back friendship

8 5.3

The first time a company sells shares to the public on the stock market

initial offering
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A company's first sale of shares to the public on a stock market

rights offering
  • Specialized
1 6.8

An offer for people who already own a company's shares to buy more at a lower price before others

religious offering
  • Specialized
6.7

To bring bread and wine to the altar during a Christian service

A gift people give to show they are grateful, often in a religious ceremony

How Significant

major
1.0
offering
169 3.9
item
1.0
sample
2.3

Surface Forms

offering singular
offerings plural

Morphology

offering = offer (transparent) = offer + ing

Standard nominalization from the verb 'offer' with '-ing'; a product or service presented for sale is directly 'something offered'.

Etymology

Offering comes from the verb offer, which comes from the old parts ob- 'to' and ferre 'bring'. So an offering is something you 'bring' forward for people to look at, accept, or buy.